He also expressed happiness at how citizens turned out en-mass to choose those to represent them at the federal level during the weekend, despite all the setbacks. He noted that during subsequent elections all hitches witnessed last week would have been cut down as all mistakes would have been corrected.
Mr Jonathan, who arrived at the Gwagwalada Teaching Hospital at 2:16 pm, was received by the Chief Medical Director, Dr. Peter Alabi. He was accompanied by the Minister of Defence, Adetokunbo Ademola and senior Presidency aides. He offered words of sympathy to each of the 14 victims. Speaking to journalists after signing the hospital guestbook, Mr Jonathan expressed sadness that anyone would want to cut down the future and hope of Nigeria by hurting its youth.
A ray of hope
"As regards the elections, we all are happy that despite some setbacks that were witnessed, Nigerians generally are happy that at least they can decide who will represent them or who will govern them. I believe that by 2015 when elections are conducted in this country some of the hiccups we witnessed on Saturday would have abated. I also believe that any subsequent election, one coming up this Saturday and upper Saturday will definitely improve on this. So, for that I'm quite happy.
"But having inspected the hospital wards, and I have seen young people who are serving their nation just caught up in these dastardly act by some antisocial elements I feel sad. These are young people in the prime of their life. The hope and future of Nigeria. For anybody targeting the youth is targeting the country.
"They don't mean well for the nation. Well, in all societies we have such people but as a government we make sure that we would look out for them and God willing we would get them, not all but some of them. And they would face the law," he said.
Mr Jonathan promised that the federal government would pick the hospital bill of the victims and subsequently take care of those incapacitated.
"For the injured the government will take care of all their medical bills and by the time they are okay, we would look at their conditions, the ones that are having pressure to take care of themselves, with what I have seen government will definitely assist," the President said.
Meanwhile, the Movement for Democratic Sustainability (MDS) has described the outcome of elections as the clearest indication that the Goodluck Jonathan administration is committed to delivering on its promises of conducting the freest and fairest election in Nigeria's history.
The non-governmental organisation in a statement in Lagos after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced some of the results of the National Assembly polls, said that upsets which the elections threw up has not only vindicated the administration, but is also a radical departure from the traditions of past administrations that were not receptive to changes.
According to the publicity secretary of the MDS, Afam Iheanacho, "The transparency of the election has shamed divisive elements and pull-the-house-down politicians who had doubted the credibility of INEC and tried to instigate Nigerians not to venture out for the election following the shift in the polls penultimate week."
Praising Nigerians for their maturity which was demonstrated by the huge number of voters that turned up for the elections across the federation, the MDS said that "no bombing or other terrorist acts would stop Nigerians from exercising their franchise which this administration has vowed to guarantee by ensuring a transparent process."
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